By Ayo Olukotun Notwithstanding a flurry of last-minute activities to avert the strike, resident doctors nationwide began what was described as an indefinite strike on Thursday over poor conditions of service. Among other demands, the doctors who make up a high proportion of physicians in the tertiary sector are asking for an upward adjustment of […]
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By Dan Agbese Napoleon was famously quoted as saying that promises are meant to be broken. Millions of politicians in under-developed, developing and developed countries would gladly accept it as wise and pragmatic. Wherever politicians are gathered, there they are surrounded by jagged shards of broken promises. It is not that they are not men and […]
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Food market Two days to the Easter Celebration, prices of perishable food items have soared in major markets in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A survey conducted in some major markets at Mile 12, Oyingbo and Mushin on Thursday and Friday showed that prices of some food items jumped by more than […]
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At a time President Muhammadu Buhari and other Nigerians spend over N576 billion yearly on medical tourism, founder of Stambic IBTC Bank, Atedo Peterside, has said that 12 world-class hospitals can be built from the $1.5 billion the Federal Government plans to spend on the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery. The business mogul noted that […]
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Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou, (left); One of the Beneficiaries, Olomu of Aran, Oba Abdulrraheem Adeoti, at the official flag-off of disbursements of the Dangote Micro-Grants Programme in Moro Local Government Area , Kwara State. Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has empowered a total of 16,000 women in all the 16 […]
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Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has set off a fresh controversy in Rivers chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following his recent remarks suggesting the party’s 2023 governorship election ticket has been zoned to the riverine area. Amaechi, in his ongoing tour of the 23 local government areas of the state to boost the morale […]
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Olajide (left), Adams, Lawal and Makinde at the summit Oyo’s eye on the ballDisturbed by the state of insecurity now pervasive across the country, with particular focus on the Southwest, Governors of states in the region launched the Western Nigerian Security Network, code-named Amotekun corps, in January 2020. In spite of the launch of the security network […]
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APC group flays Bello, others’ ambition, opts for national chairmanship The earlier North Central decides whether it wants the presidential slot or the national chairmanship position of the two leading political parties ahead of the 2023 general election, the better. Otherwise, the region stands the risk of not getting anything tangible on the platforms of […]
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says anyone saying Nigeria better together wants Yoruba to perish A foremost Yoruba leader, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has said that anyone who says Nigeria is better together wants the Yoruba people to perish. He said people who did not understand fully the enormity of the danger that faced the Yoruba nation and those who want […]
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With recent statistics showing a significant rise in malaria mortality, health experts have said without urgent action taken to address the global public health challenge, there would be more deaths recorded in Nigeria. According to World Health Organisation’s (WHO) World Malaria Report, an estimated 229 million cases of malaria with 409,000 deaths were recorded globally […]
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